PUBLISHED, l
BY TH031AS WATSON.
, v. rj TERMS. ' ';':'" :. ;
Three dollars per annum, payable in advance.
CONGRESSIONAL.
DEBATE IN
SEN AT
'In Senate, Feb.' 17, 1836 The speciIl order,
V Col. Benton's resolutions, being under con
' siderationr- - 'j'
Mr. CALHOUN, after a few inaudible
re-
marks; said he rejoiced most heartily that this
cntintrv had been saved from the calamities of
a French war a war that must have been in
' terminable and ruinous4, j The amicable rela
tions between the two countries m ust be re
stored unless one unfortunate circumstance
shall prevent it. He alluded to the Jast mes
sage of the President on the subject of Jour
Trench relations, and an unfortunate speech
(-which had been delivered oh that floor since
that message, , If I that message should unfor
innatelv arrive in FVaiite before the differences
between the twoounttiesare settled, of if. that
speech of the gentleman from Y cnhsylrama,
(Mr., Buchanan,) directly impeaching the in
tegrity of the-French King and his ministers,
contrary even to the admissions of the Presi
dent himself, no man could tell the consequen
ces. The Senate would bear in mind that when
he addressed them some ( time since on the sub
ject, he expressed his deep regret th at the Pre
sident had not waited to hear what effect his
annual message had in France before he sent in
that one of so rejfehensible a character. He
tat the se
cond message would arrive in France before
the first one had time. toj produce
its effect.
, this iun-
But thanks to a merciful Providence
wise, ill-timed quarrel had terminated.
He re
men i joiced that such had been the reu
t.
he heard t!ie Senator from Pennsylvania, hold
ing the relations that he did to the Adminis
tration, and acquainted as he was .with I the
state of our foreign relations, rise in his place
and use (such language in reference to
the
too
the
French King and his ministers, and that
After the mediation was accepted, he felt
deepest apprehensions that war was determin
ed on; but, thanks to an all-wise Providence,
that calamity had been averted. ii I M
1 Thfi: Senator from New York had given a
statement of what would be in the Treasury
on the first of January next;, and he presumed
that that statement might be relied on. The
amount would be twenty-six millions of (dol
lars; but deducting the unavailable! funds, jas
the Senator from New York very properly had
done, the amount would be brought down to
about twenty-five millions. The Senator also
went on to deduct, as the Secreta
ies, of j
the
for
But
Treasury had been in the habit o
doing
some years, the oustanding. balii
rices.
these balances ought .never to be taken into
the
pe-j
account: they were running accounts, and
foro they can be demanded, more o
f them
will
the
accumulate. The true amount then, of
surplus in the Treasury on the first (of January
next, would be twenty-five millions of dol
ars.
JNow. sir, said Mr. C, it is delightful
to see how
time will confirm truth. Did hot cvery(Sena
tor remember that, when he at the last session
said they, would have a balance of twenty mil
lions in the Treasury in two years, that he was
charged ( with making extravagant assertions
thatliis (calculations were laughed I at? I Well
then, time had come round, and he was more
than jus tilled in all that he said : so far from
their not being' twenty millions in the Treasu
ry, theire would be more than he had. calculated
on. . The Secretary had admitted an error in
Ivis estimates; ( and that happening too in a
apace of twenty days. ! i Was ever I it heard of
ueiore mat a cniet nnancial ohacer ot any goJ
vernment committed an error in his' estimates
of six millions of dollars, within twenty days
of the determination of a quarter? I This was
the way in which our affairs were' conducted.
So help him Heaven, he had not, for six years
past, , looked into the estimates oi the depart
mentsJ without seeing errors that astonished
him.
i Sir,
said Mr. C. we are constantly hearing
of the( defenceless state of the country.
This
end ;
song his. been, sung from beginning lo
ana yet no man nau undertaken to point out
Avhat particujar fortificatious were deficient,
and what ordnance, what musketSi swords, pis
tols, and munitions were wanted. He could
noinimseu unuertaKe to say; out it tne appro
priations which had been made for such objects
' had been properly expended, as i they n (doubt
had been, under the excellent arrangement of
the War Department, we were in twenty limes
a better state of defence than we were fin the
last war which was carried on with so ; much;
creuu to the country! Gentlemen spoke of
the defenceless state ol our fortifications, with
out naming one of them, and spoke with the
commence oi a General Bernard or a General
jucurea. ir, said Mr. C. we are in an admi
rable state oi aeience ; our fort fications &r o
qual ko our means. He had no wish, however
to stop the appropriations for fortifications.
V He wished these works to go on lo a Teasonahl
extent; but our principal leliancefor defenm
must be on the navy, i He had one great conso
lation for the 'difficulties he had encountered
for fifteen years, in returning troth.; Gentle
men who had Warred 1 against htm on the very
subject oriortihcations, were now loud in as
8erttng tneir necessity, tie had to use every
exertion; and to contend with the most strenu
ous opposition in : favor of the system he , had
proposed. ! ; What would have become of these
im Huiuuuiis ii ne nan given way to mat oppo
sition i: tie now had the proud satisfaction to
see; those gentlemen who then opposed him
coming forward; and i strenuously pressing
PjiiliBMuiiiuf uiese oDiects t without sum
vcuk iiiagiMiruuiiy w uo mm justice, jl again
ask. ut eenuemen, eaiu Mr. in if vhu hnlH
Ibis
your language arid your policy seventeen years
ago. But lime he said would : fro , nn. nn1
those vtha riitd opposel him recently, would in
a tew years hence change their note. Thprp
was a storm brewing: and he advised them to
be prepared for it. The spoils party, without
principle una without policy, held togelhei by
nothiug but the hopes of plunder, contained
within themselves he elements of strife. Yes.
there was a storm ahead and he advised them
to look orti That unfortunate measure of the
achninisln.tlon against jhe Bank of the United
States wi s now producing its consequences.
r MV.t..s v.,0uc,.t.c9.
Tr lIu 8a.w lh.ei evils of an inordinate
increase of the banking system,- and the com-
petition ill the States for its extension, produ-
uug oBwiPui iiiiugs iuusi ena in a. violent
revulsion. The surplus revenue, loowhile it
remained I in the Deposite Banks, thev were
safe ; but let it be withdrawn, and thre will be
a shock that will be felt throughout
the coun-
try.
He had
heard a
greBt deailof the President's
popularity. . Any man possessing- a (model ate
degree of intellect,: and; a moderate degree of
firmness, with the! means of the jTreastiry in
his power, I and. under j the .cirenmstan ces in
which the President was placed, could easily
maintain that popularity. The opposition was
exceedingly feeble. ' Did (hey not know that
the opposition differed in (its principles, and
that at the very moment they approached to
victory, they separated? Gentlemen laughed
at this, but he would give them something they
would not laugh at. The President w as elec
ted as a judicious
tariffi sunn
:and although we
of the South doubled him, we were compelled
V 1 i ; J D
to take hi
n rather than! take
a.tarin man : we
Elected hj
im, believing that he would oppose
the tariff; but he (deceived
U3 grossly. We
take him rather
were compelled, however, to
than take a i tariff man ; and the other party pre
ferred him to a Nullifier. The President, on
hiselecticni look the middle ground, and used
the power and influence of the Government to
buy up friends from both parties. He arroga
ted to hia self almost kingly power, which was
kept up o i (the principles of the spoils party ;
a most contaminating,: j oase and low minded
system of policy. There were scarcely any acts
of this ad ministration (but would, under other
circumstances, have (united the South; but he
had divide d it, and kept it divided. With the
South divided, there could be but little opposi
tion to any administration, j The North never
could make an efficient (opposition. J He would
not go into the cause of this nor did he intend
any disparagement lo the North by j the asser
tion ; he ut it simply on the ground of the phi
losophy c f (the system, j There could be no ef
fectual opposition, then, but in the South ; and,
said Mr. 3i,tthey never gave us the chance of
turning out an administration but twice, and
we then did the business in high style and in
sharl order. General Jackson was going out
of power, and the administration that succeeds
him could not keep the south divided. I tell"
the comir g administration, said he, to look out.
The President certainly had high' qualities,
whieh, said he, we do not look upon as exist
ing in his nominee. (He had courage and firm
ness, was warlike, bold and audacious ; but he
was not true to his word, and violated the most
solemn pledges without scruple. . He had done
the State too, some service, (which was remem
bered greatly to his advantage. But his, nomi-
nee had n
one of these recommendations; he had
not, as h
is menu irom norm Carolina, i;ur.
Mango m
had remaifced, any ot the lion or ti
ger, breed about him he belonged more to the
fox and t
fie weasel, and hatl not the firmness to
keep the
South divided.
Mf, WALL : tfriuscd
and unaccustomed
to the course
of oroceedincrs in this House,
' LliL -.1!
when he
heard the : gentleman from South
on a former oocasion proclaim that
this floor that the great battle of lib-
Carolina
t was on
erty agri
inst power was to be fought, he was
disposed
to enlist under his. banner, as he
avowed himself the champion of liberty. In
deed, if he had: noU entered into such con-
the. side of (liberty, he felt that he
would have been unfaithful to his constituents,
thousands of whom would, at the first battle-
cry, rush to the aid of liberty, tie cordially
united with the honorable gentleman also in
the wish! that the doors of this Chamber should
be opet ed, and, if possible' thai the whole A
meriean joplehdJu1di witness the contest.
But he ( ould not repress the expression of his
astonishment at the kind of battle that he found
was to be fought; and if this was to be.the char-
nrctef ofiit. he should; regret the presence of
even the ( s-mall audience whom the limits, of I
me ganery couiu apcommouaie. i tie snouiu
have felt mortified and humbled, it the eye of
the whole American people should have wit
nessed the manner I of the I onslaught this ;dav
made. . What was it! ( It wa3 an onslought
against the constituted authorities pf the coun-
irv : asrainst the first and second officers cho-
sen by the People against the sacred princi
ples on
st " . r 1 1
whieh our Govemment was founded ;
an onslaught against the ofiicer whose conti-L
tutiona duty it wa td Reside over our ' aelib -
erauon, and not masiwmtMra lo-aeiena mm-
seltv Ami how wa (this onslaught made ?
was 11 insae iii me cudhcvui uuu uinaiiuu
f- - J !. .L. ..m. nH .k
bearing
ya aa 1 I f PL .
Pfthe valiant Soldier of liberty war -
rmg against powers ; was Hinaie in language
.i-.u .1. . j.: .i .r.i.ar r"-
. : a : 1, . .
vv f trraie in ian?uaarei
lUUBISieni Willi IU UCUJ UIB aim iguij ui a. ,
OI. a
was nou and it was time that mis manner 01 ue -
bate should cease in this Chamber. '
Sir, I have witnessed this d ay r what I never (
expected to have witnessed, in this or any o-
the deliberative body. ' The President of the
TT ? . V Of. . . . : s -
ZriZXSI: .u: MuZa
, 7 . Uw..gCur.
----j T VllUSCtf IIUJVCI V .v
had been asailedhe' would not say
, ,
language ; but he .would say in language w
n. Vm ininmn tr franiL.HH ... . K 4rk ' ncP
: . . 1 6?..t.t. . ...
iu. reitJi ciitc u auutucr ami unsuuauic v.- ,JO
decorum of this body, j
NEWBKItNjjWi;lESIAX5 MAftCll
r .. .1 ar ''' 1 -
.1.7 iBTey?r.Y wnat language u
" aau,G liau USCVI, IUVUUOI91CIIV Willi UCCU-4
rum
Mr,
AY
resumed. No, sir, t shall riot uri
dertake todoit; The jrentleman ennld nntin
ducej himd repeat; thaUanguage, for he deem- j
mcd it highly improper, and unsuited to the ;
dignity of.this body. I refer the gentleman tqwfirasaid Mr. p., because he is here as pre
his whole speech, j ' , : ! , siding officer of this body, keep silent, when
Sir, I have witnessed another thing1 id this
oooy, wnicn i never expectea to have witness
ed in an American Seriate5 While the Senator
troni eouth Carolina hesitated not to make
j such graife charged, and denunciations a'gaihst
j the chosen officers of the neonl of ihW ,nnn.
from South Carolina hesitated not to make!
tne cnosen omcersjot tdc people of this eoiin-.i
try, he had arraigned an American Senator for
daring in!his place to challenge the siricerity
arid good faith of a foreign monarch in his tic
gotiatiori'wilh this country ; for investigating
and examining the conduct of that monarch, if
nu man t auKii i.uiitiusiuur us ills JUUgUICUl
had sanctioned ' and express it in courteous
' i h i ! . . . . . '..(
language, j 1 es, s'r, while the honorable Sen
ator (hesitates 'riot to charge the Chief .Magis
trate ot this people with falsehood, he express
es his apprehenionv that the language of the
Senator from Penney I vania, used in hi? place,
in the strict discharge of his duty, will gi ve of
fence to a foreign moharch. Sir, if this is the
way in which tlpe battle of liberty against pow
er is to jbe fought,. that gentleriian iiee(d iot
search fo(r metaphysical causes to account for
the division of ihe jSouth; Sir I shall enlist
under no'such banner. It is a war againist tlhe
power of the people. ' j. . i' (
Mr. dALHOUN said, if the Senator from
New Jersqy had offered him theusual courte
sy, by gif i'ng way for an explanation, and sta
ted, what t was he objected to, lie wouldjhajve
made the!1 hecessar explanation.; as it was (lie
could only sav, that he uttered no such thing
as that imputed (to him. r ,
t Mr. PRESTON (said that the Senator jfrom
New; Jery had j held a language iu reference
lo phrases: used by his honor.ible colleague,
to whicq (lie begged leave to say one wo-d in
reply. Any proposition made by his colleague
he knew very well that he was able to defend
he should but incumber him in oiTerinir his
aid ; but j lhcn . he is denounced for usingt lan
guage winch IJ said Mr.: P., in my hearll ap
prove, I cannot permit the denunciation tojffol
from Nejvi Jersy referred to the contest
fouuht between liberty and power, and I
to be
say,
continue
Mr. P.. that if the contest did riot o-
rigmate here, it is made when we are not
per
erms mitted tq( speak to "the administration in
that we believe to be true, without being
?de-lib-
nounced for it. It was, a. contest between
ertv and power! and, a,d verse to liberty,;
He
oben
would not agree that they wcrcnoito
their mouths affaitist those who .ooJ ii Kioh
places without Ibeing charged with a want of
i; ne jwouiu noi ueny iiiai a proper
1 courtesy in that body that both
degree
courtesy in that body that
and necessary; but, ou the
becoming
hand, he
oiher
was , (more remote from that
spirit,
whether
it
be the spirit of the molten
calf,
pi
or thai
rit that
prostration and debasement o
would stal the lips against
ques-
Honing
the conduct of those in power.
The
President
of the j United States certainly de
degree of forbearance from his I po-
IliailUCU
litical op
a
ponentsi but am 1 to tre toiu, said he
that we can orfly aliude to him in the humble
language: jof a degraded Itomati Senate, ppea
king of their (Emperor with his Pretoria
guards . feurroundinir the Capitol ? Am I to be
told,- when he came into power oh prinefpies
. .1 .M.-l K I . I ...
i 1
of reform, after keeping the words of promise
f promise
to ouf e ir, and breaking it to our hope"-r-am I
to be K that I must close my lips, or be de
nounced Jfor want of decorum? Am I to be told
when h jpromised to prevent official influence
from inlerferirig hh the freedom or elections
that I must not speak of the broken promise
under p:tin of the1 displeasure of his Iriierids ?
Am I to peloid, lyhen he came into powerajs a ju
dicious tariff mail, after my advocating his
principlekand aiding in his election, believing
at the lime in his integrity, though I did) not
believe (him , possessed of intellectual jquali-ties--artil
I to ! bo told, after pledges that
have bi:cn violated, promises that have ! been
brokenilijand principles set at naaght, that I
must nol. speak of these things as they are, for
fear; of Ibeiiiff denounced for want of
courtesy
to ll
onal authorities ?
Why to
IU VUIISUMIUUI'OI UUIUUIIIH.O . "iay .w - -j - ...Ill
Ji! Ll nrnn i a , ml.o onrr-'inot follow their ead, and perhaps never will
dared to silence.! : it nothing else, ;
.1 .. . w . i .
geu- r
said M
P., is left us, the liberty of speech is ,
duty to cry aloud and -j spare ?
denied, admitted, and declar-
left, an
it is our
hot, when th
nn
ed fact is before!
us that these pledges! have
been violated
tThi5 administration is 1 about
to endJand if ffentlemencan succeed iri pre-
Uenting; us frpni complaining of being de-
ceived-H-il Iheyjcan retiuce us 10 aojeci slavery
thev will also nave to expunge the history of
the" country, the President's written and re
I COrUCU !COmrouniCairOllS W vuiisimoi sun
coru; ul .u h r,;u ! Lk'-
hIllIfiS. before thev can conceal.
l. orde. , hal he has made pledges
. , . 1 j.. .j.i
" "j T IY Vr rJiTwrnT 1,
It 1V"'U'J VV -. . , T J
r, 1. k
SUCCCeU in reUUCHlS US W biiuvJi miu V(ysiiii
; " 1 1 , ii.',... , .tl-.i.
f 7; rM o (
administration,'
i riir linl ncrrMlrSI SIlHttKiriif ui
the abuses of this
r. -rrs - - r .r- . .
thank God, the voice of history
V . - li . Ml Mn1ai m theca nfil .roc
T - ! 1 - , Mi-
i fnliii ircnorfllinns
.l . ? , 1 :a TtT T '
Ieiliier nere or eisewnerc, au 1 fjeiu,
will I use lanffuaffe with regard to any.' gen-
tlernai. ! that may be considered indecorous;
and t east y solved, wasr how
aft W, restrain ourselves in expressing a
be
i lllili
rial .
indignation, that reprobation, he would express
upon
on
occasions.
them
si
;.!.n.Mn nf ' tfift ti r
ma, w.
iq was surrounded by a light which no
ilji.HAiit whom rira nns
1G, 183G.
j was permitted to speak without censure, e
tended that guardianship to the presiding ;0 ni
cer of that House. Gentlemen :were uot per
mitted to speak of the qualifications of that
officer for he highest office in the Government
lest they may show a want of decorum to the
constituted authorities of the country. Shall
, he is nrged upon the People, who are goaded
anddrivenj to his support, lesi we be guilty of
ia b majestotis against those who are theconsli-
! tuter. autho
Tsaid he, ii
i pliant hinc
tutei; authrinties of the 'eonhtrv ? Thank God
is not mv practice to 'croot
.
the
puant hinges of the knee, that thrift may
fol
low fawning." The practice he alluded to
foreboded much ' evil. Coming events cast
their shado ws before them, deepening arid dark
ning, and aj the sun sets, the shadows length
en; and it may be the going do wn of the great
htminary of the Uepublic, and that we all shall
be enveloped in one universal political dark
ness. A Spirit had ( got up. which, unless it
was successfully resisted, indicated a most dis-
i eased state of the bod v oolitic," -He , trusted
that an all-wise Provideiice would, out of this
donfusion,
yet produce some good foro'ur com-
mon country
But if the principles which the
gentleman
from .ryiew Jersy had
pressed so
lar prevaueu, we are none, sad he we are
gone. U If jl cannot, ; said he, be permitted to
speak of the President or his successor, or the
constituted authorities of the country, in terms
that I think they deserve, we are done, and" it
is useless io continue the debate longer. He
rose in his place lo protest against such princi
ples. ..'"'(.(:.' !. i;' ' : '-i;, i ,:'!'
Mr. WALL, in answer to Air. PRESTON,
said, that he could not consent that gentleman
shdrild take. a false position. He was not dis
posed to be tried on a false issue, or that the
honorable gentleman should bring on the trial
of a false j issue. The( gentleman seems to
i ., , . . . .
think that I and those with whom I act, wish
to abridge the freedom of debate. The gentle
mail is. mistaken.-1 Did ( I or any one else, at
tempt to interrupt the debate, to stop the first
gentleman from South Carolina, in the course
of debate ? Did he- not Say what he' chose how.
he chose and of whom he chose? And how
have I attempted wi abridge the liberty of debate
I have dared to express a-i Opinion of the i man-
ner iri which the gefftleriian exercis'fitli'iIj'i"i
Had I not (a right jtr ta jrfo to judge whether
it was consistent' with the knightly bearing of
a gallant soldier of liberty fighting against
power ? Docs the gentlemen mean to monopo
lize liberty1 . I shall not consent to it without
a struggle. I repeat, were the gentlemen ever
slopped in the freest course of debate? Yet
when I express my sentiments of that ; course,
1 am to be reproacnea as oowing my suppuani
Rnee to power, as me miuion oi power
Sir,
1 tell the gentlemen, that they shall not mo
nopolize the liberty of debate. 1 shall main
tain my rights, without abridging theirs. Sir,
thank fortune, the people of this country do
not weigh or judge of our devotion or ; attach
ment to liberty by our professions. , They
judge by our acts. y such I am willing to be
judged.. " But I hope the (gentlemteri wjU per
mit me to profess to be as devoted to' liberty
as (they arc. I cari assure the geritlemert that
they do nW great injustfee j they make a great
mistake, (if they really suppose that I or my
friends wish to abridge the liberty of speech.
Let them1 enjoy it in all its breadth and width
aye, even to its utmost( verge ; let them speak
of the constituted authorities of the people in
'... '! . -'. - J .1 - 1.
wnaiever language suns iHa,iti
I'any Oistinct issue, any specinc cnargt;, anu mvy
will be met without shrinking 7 let fhem put
their finger upon any act of the. constituted au
thorities of the country and they wift be met,
and, I venture to assertj overthrown. But it is
vigainst geiveral denunciation and sleeping (a
buse, and the manner of it, that I object. Sir,
it hi ay be owing to my ignorance; it may be
owing to my incapacity to distinguish; it may
be owing to my inexperience in parliamentary
usages : but I must claim the priviledge of per-
j sisting in that objection. " . ; r
Sir, I do not rise to enter into itus oeoave,
but being up, I must object to the position and
attitude which the honorable gentlemen from
South Caiolina seem disposed to assume lor
themselves and their friends,' as the only ex
clusive friends of liberty on this floor. Sir,
1 they are mistaken ; gentlemen here, . whV do
- ioiiww. i ? "
C. I ; am ox imioh ilavntpH tr Ihfi ftrPRL
principles oi iioeny as tney can oe oa t.
as 'far in their support and defence. , ; !
I begleave to make another remark. ri
e
o-PntlHman h;i atluded 10 the contest lor the
next Presidency, and said that " coming events
cast their shadows before Be H so. My
constituents did not iend me' here to make
Presidents for them-' jThal is a biisiness1 that
they like to do in another manner. I ain seat
here for other purposes, ami ahall endeavor la
confine myself to mjj appropriate duties. If
sir1, the opposition thus announced to an ad
ministration not yetTornretl, and as yet un
known, is to come, it may be thai we may
gather from the past the issue ot the f uture.
Sir, we are taunted auxnn expunging ine acis
of the President, fio, sir, no friend of An
drew Jackson, and, if I may venture to predict,
no frieud of his country- when the acts of An
drew Jackson, as President of the United
States, come to be recorded by the impartial
hf hWiofv. would wish to see one act of
his administration expunged. I hey . win
add to the proud mphumenls of his country s
irlorr.
Mr. NILES said: I feel impelled to submit a
-.. t - - I. 1 1'
lew ooservauons m repiy vo wuai uaa iirweiiijg De5n?nre"rarueu as a muueraic larin man
from the honorable Senators from South Caro-j an thatf ilespairi ng of the success of any can
lina.f I am not opposed to the freedom ofde- ' jitatel opposed to the tariff, they had united on
bate either here or elsewhere. I am an ad vo- -(i,?m I choice of evils. We- are r then I told i
cale for il,lwithin reasonable limits ;1 buU sir,
. I have heartf language which l have not , neen
accusiouieu u.rr ;i8 vb.-
imemwr Or ima uuuy. r. ,r iiun wear vuv vu.
NO. 987.
"est imputations, the charge of falsehood anil
iuv v,ouiimn oi nieuges, cast upon the highest
officer of this Government, and. a venerable
man anu high functionary, who is the subjeel
vi - uicac uucajicu.i iuruuu provoked assaultf
oiauus jiii no utfeu oi ueience irom me, bhe bfi
me numoiest members ot this body ; ;he(
has
no neea 01 a ueicncc lrom anv one: veil
bavet
felt
If A .!.. " . 1 .'.liJ,. .
few words to repel the unfounded! charges
which ;ji jhave( just heard with surprise and as
iiuit , ui tuurinc; a seal nere, io sav" a
tonishme iU Sir; jf there is any oscasion fof
a voice to! be raised here in vindication or thai:
illustrious man, this is j the only place where it
can be necessary. Every where else, sir, hi''
fair famci his great reputation, are well nftJ
tected : tjhey are safe: in:the liands and hearts
of (the people i of this tvbole country. (Yeksirj
safe in the brands of the
people; th
hie whole? people, in evcty section o
ded; Union; in the Sooth, in tin
this extended Union ;! in the Sottth, in the
XXr. .U w iJI.nl I f 1 - . mt la J ii.
t est, fi uie miuuie, ana in inedorih : lie t&
safe, he i strong in their conderice,- ther af .
fections, and their! unshaken reliance On hfiMni
tegrity,- tisf fir mripss, (and his patf iutisimi flrttf
nave waicneu nis pnbiicxareer;1 they hare cx-T
nmillPll l)J.i ttftt ihouKavo c'Tiit5ni-oil nUr
. r- , " J . w .yt unimuvv uia U4U"
lives ; thy admire .his firmness his patribtismvi
his moral courage, and his devotion to hfs.
countrjf. j This venerable patriot, who ii here!
charged nfith violating his pledges, has it afti6n
ger hold on the (confidence and affections of
the people than (an other man now . living
He has jbt en tried, sir, in various vays ; three?.:
times he has been before the (whole people: '
and has; eceiyed( j al Istrongeij testitnony I Gvfj;
their unshaken I tfridj increasing , cbnfitleri.ce '
anil nnhrrivnl . l&.in nnv othpr man tiis or ran
ceive. 1 1 I'- ; -'li( Tl'l'' ' ''jl ": -j :'.;' '
, Sir, I repeat, that Andrew Jacksen and lite
well earned reputation are safe in everyplace? .
but onej a'nd I shall name where that jiace is
before 1 jl j sit down; yes, sir he woold be . safcf
even vyu
thin the marble walls of that corrupt in-f
n,j which i iii the discharge of a high
stitution,
official
dust.
twrty, ins
giant arm humbled in ,tbo
Where!,; then, is the place in
(which he
is not
safe ? IS r, I will te
it is sin this halli
1 youwhere that place is
Here it is that he has beeri
arraiffhed. tried and condemned unheard
out any! ofiportuntiy to confront his a'eetreerf oij'
muko Ljaidofence arrargnred . apd condemn ett
in violation of that consiitution which wc havo'
all sworn to support in disregard of, those
forms (which the lawjuf the land have provi
ded, andjdenicd4heprivilege of entering; h'&
proreSt!against youriuegal proceedings. Here
it isV siriiri th?s hafli that the reputatroiit anil
fair fanid of this illustrious patriot, ha's fforni
time lo (time been maligned, assailed a'nd tradu
ced. SVi there lias since the ycalr i824,( been
a great political' problem before this country, .
the Solution of winch has greatly puzzled and
troubled many of our great niert. . This piobj
lem is,! to discorer the cause ot Andrew JaCk-
son s popularity this great question, so
deeply iriteresting, and so marvellous to fiomel
and greatjest erudition ;. statesmen, orators, and
writers! of all descriptions hive fried thei
hands : and pens in attemptin? id unfold this
great secret. iJut the explanations they have
given,-1 ih4ve been in" direct conflict with each .
other, and al wide of the truth. ? (
For sev
eral years, it was insisted,; that the:
popularity of General Jackson rested entirely
on his' tjnihtary reputation, and tljat enthusiasm
which prevail among the people'towards a mif '.'
litarv chreftain. . Sir, on the very day that this" 1
rencrabfe patriot was sworn to the faithful dis-
rharge bfi the duties of his station, a utstiof
guishedf satesman,;nbw a member of thp Set
n ate, publicly declared in this city, that, in thisi -free
repuplic, a nulitary chieftain was elevaf
ted to ihef highest station of power against the ;
intelligence and enlightened judgment of-the'
nation,! as a short time before, anothet military'. j
Uiliuiiaiii iiuu J ai?tu iiimouit iy i'uni:i jii any"
thcr repeblic, hi this Western hemisphere. .
From that time, fof several years the electiorf
of An44w Jacksonj. which astonished some .
gcntlcmetf so much, was attributed to th's folly
and en'ihysiasm of the people lo their. Irerrig1'
swayed alnl e'a'rried away by the mililai yir
viees aricf fame of a mili tary herov . ' This s-tateJ
mcnt rtnig a thousand changes," and Xv'tisT prip- .
sentedjinl a thousand forms. :Jwen in jpttblic. :
oralioiis, It' was declared by distingtrishedstates
men, j theft . the intelligent arid, wejl informed: (
portioir ojf the people had ::olj agency in1 tfhp' I
e'le vationfof the President ; that his election.
IraHl beenpTtfuglit abont by the ' hurrah bo'ysr"
arid th6s Vvhb knew jnsteriongh Co shou rt"hur
rali myjickson.lThisexplanafibrtof ChelPre
sident s popularity;, however, s itisractory lor
n trme&l$d rwit coiitinue to satisfy atf of those?
'who felft ko deeplyl interested iri this question
Other explanations were put iorui. i
The
Honorable y Senator from Tei
ciseer'
lidenty
coriurrg fjronv the sarne Slate as the Prt
Iws in
recent speech assigned f a? dinerent
Ins election. He tells ns, it was thcr
lb e s tr ong feeling w htch" prevailed
Cause foi
result 6f
against t
te abuse of executive influence being ;
broujrhfr
mo conflict with llie freedom of elec'
lions, tht the people
raised Andrew Jackson:
to the
stance
anln 1 IVhulho. this rrrillTI
hid amy influence on thai election, it is
not my.psirpose to examine ; I am oniyj pomw
rng out Hie different causes which hare been
as the solution of the great pontlca
i j , -I f
probleml:: -- j ; f-" j'(!;j ' ' ;5-lf !
RntftlJfi hnnnrahlo Senators from Soufll Ca-
rnlmaihive invert art eofie difl'erenl explana
tion of i$e Presidents popularity at the souths
lrhev nnForm us that it wars wholly owing to
I tit J . . - . . i '
tnat tHePresiden deceived5 atkl betrayed his j
soulbera trtendsi and violated his flledffe
e gaycj . ..cuu ,. r,
. ouiou? m .jcjO.J Oir, I uu iioxj: uwuciBipwi
anguage now,